Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-22
FIFTIETH CNOGRESS.
A Large Number OF Communication
and Petitions.


Among Bills Introduced IL One By
Senator Wilson for the Relief or
the River Land settlers.
sENATR
WASHINGTON. Dec i3.-Ingalls intro
,luccd bills To rem,ve tho limitation In
the payment of arrears of pensions; grant
ing arrears in certain cases To those pen
stoned 10y special act Of Congress. Other
bills We're Introduced. among them the
following; By Sherman the pre- ,er.
walton Of the woods aud forest. adjacent
to the sources Of navigablc rivers and
their atfluents. BY Hoar--A constitution.
al amendment for the extension of the
Congress iunal term until the last Tuesday
IN April. BY Cullom--ro amend the
Interstate Commerce act; ais, for In,
establishment aud opera ion Of uuitec
States postal telegraph: also To equalz,
rates of pensions In certain cases: also tc
extend the pension Jaws To- steamboat men
and Others acting under orders Of Uniteo
States officers. BY Jones tArkan, asI--r,
open the great Sioux reservation in Neb
rtsIa to settlement BY Frye-Tn pr ="
mote the political progress aud CONNER
cial prosperity of the American nation.
BY Gray--To establish court ~ Appeals
Dawes Introduced u bill to-day ,txiuy
manufacturers and dealers In aduileratei
lard and requiring it to be stamped. Cul
lom's bill IT, equalize the rate of pensions
liked the pension for the loss If sight ~
disability requiring altenhance, at 81. 90
per month. Other bills were intr Il ,ce /
rs lows: Padd"ck-To appropriate
$40. 900 for public building at Beatrice.
Nebraska. Teller-To increase the peu.
sion Of Mrs Den Ward b. Burnett to
1922 per month. Wilson. of lowa-To
authorize The Postmaster Gen raj to lease
premises for the use Of arSt. second aud
third class poStma>terI, and also to pro-
vide that no third elias, posloilice shall be
relcgaled to fourth class whose gr IS
annual receipts am unit to $1,000, OF
whose box rents and c mmisSinns bring
the p"slmaoter's salary up to $1,000 pei
annum.
HOUSE.
A large number of executive cOmmuni.
cations were laid hef tie the House by the
Speaker and appropriately referred. anc
then ut 1910 a recess was taken until
o clock. After recess the Speaker. having
called Mills. Of Texas, to the chair, Can.
non, of Illinois. offered n resolution de-
claring that the foil wing named gentle
men shall constitute the Committee on
Elections: Crisp, (chairman). O'Ferrall.
Barry. Maish, Heard, Johns N. North
Carolinal, O'Neil. Qndiana) Moore. Row
ell, Houk, Cooper Lyman, Johns n,
(lndiana). and Lodge, The resolution
was unanimously adopted. The Speaker
then resumed the chair and directed all
the papers In the various contested cleo
ton cases be referred to tho committee
just elected. The House then adjourned
until Friday.
WASHINGTON Dec. l4.-The Committee
on Privileges and Elections presented
their report and resolution IN the West
Virginia case. declaring that Charles j.
Faulkner had been duly elected Senator.
and is entitled to seat in the Senate.
The resolution was adopted viva v"ce and
the oath of Office was thercupon admins
tered t. Faulkner. Hoar then moved
that Faulkner be assigned to the Com
mittee ON Claims, District Of Columbia,
Mines and Mining and Pensions: agreed
to. Among the bills Introduced and re.
ferrcd were the following: To pro
tcct innocent purchasers OF patented
articles. (making IL valid defense
against action for infringement that the
article wds bought for use or consumption
not fui sule. and in good faith and In the
usual course Of trade. and providing that
all patents shall be subject to purchase
at a reasonable valuation. The Senate
then took up the bill introduced by Nor
rll, 20 regulate Immigration. and 1t was
addressed by that Senator in explanation
and advocacy OF the bill. At the conclu-
sion of Morrill's speech, the bill was re.
ferred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations. At 2:40 the Senate proceeded
to the consideration of executive business.
In about ten minutes the Il 'OrS were re-
opened and the Senate aejournod until
tomorrow.
SENATE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Among the
parers laid Def re The Senate was II C III
municaii"n from may rensidents OF Wash
inyt"n proposing t. present to the United
States a marble bust Of Garibaldi. Re-
fcrred TO Committee on library. The fol-
and referred g. tho committee on inter
tate commerce: To pr ,hbit Quilted
States Judges and Courts FROM au'horiz.
ing the borrowing Of money by receivers
of railways and other corporations beyond
the amount Of their annual income: to
pr .hbit the appointment OF such re-
ccivers with ut evidence Of the financial
condition Of the company. The Senate
"A. 10 10
months salary to the heirs OF the late
Major Benz Pcrlcy Poor. clerk Of the
Senate Committee on Printing. MIR.
Alaskan affairs.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. Dec ia concurrent
resolution WAS submitted that when the
| House adjourn Monday, December ~.
hey stand adjourned until thursday
January 5. and after considerable debate
the resolution was amended so as To make
he adjournment for recess occur Thurs.
tny, December 80. Townsend. Of Illinois,
| offered n resolution providing that next
Monday shall he devoted TO the introduce
| li"n aud reference of bills and resolu.
lions. Laid over till Monday. Blanchard.
l w L'hioiuhh, 'hClCu EcS'AHtlOu GA"
pres>ive Of regret with which the House
has heard Of the death Of f. w. Robert.
s"n, late member elect to the Fiftieth
Congress from Louisiana, and then a. o
mark Of respect the House adjourned
until Monday.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19-Among the
papers presented TO the Senate wa. o
communication from the Secretary Of the
Treasury with copy of the report Of
Special Agent Tingie. GA the condition
of affairs "n the Seal Islands Of Alaska.
Referred t. the committee On foreign re-
lations Also the memorial Of the consti.
tuiional convention Of the territory Of
Utah asking admission into the Union as
State with copies Of the constitution.
Referred to the committee on territories.
Among the bills introduced and referred
was the following: Platt-To prohibit
the manufacture and sale of spiritupus
and intoxicating liquors in the District Of
Cnlumhia Manler.on--Tu divide the